[Code 1992, § 7.01]
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, all provisions of W.S.A., chs. 340 to 348 and § 941.01(1), including any future revisions or amendments thereto, describing and defining regulations with respect to vehicles and traffic for which the penalty is a forfeiture only; Chapter MVD 5, Wis. Adm. Code, describing and defining standards for motor vehicle equipment; Chapter Trans 302, Wis. Adm. Code, describing and defining vehicle marking; and Chapter Trans 308, Wis. Adm. Code, describing and defining requirements for trailer and semitrailer brake, hitch and coupling, safety chains, cables and leveling bars, including penalties to be imposed and procedure for prosecution, are hereby adopted by reference and made part of this chapter as if fully set forth in this section. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any statute or administrative code provision incorporated in this section by reference is required or prohibited by this chapter.
[Code 1992, § 7.31; Ord. No. 07-06, § 1, 6-11-2007]
(a) 
Enforcement procedure. This chapter shall be enforced according to W.S.A., §§ 23.33, 66.12, 345.11 to 345.61, 350.17 and 800.01 et seq.
(b) 
Deposit by violators. Violators of this chapter shall make deposits of money at the police station or Clerk of Court's office as follows:
(1) 
Any person arrested for a violation of this chapter may make a deposit of money as directed by the arresting officer at the police station, the Clerk of Court's office or by mailing the deposit to such places. The arresting officer or the person receiving the deposit shall notify the arrested person, orally or in writing, that:
a. 
If the person makes a deposit for a violation of a traffic regulation, the person need not appear in court at the time fixed in the citation, and the person will be deemed to have tendered a plea of no contest and submitted to a forfeiture and penalty assessment if required by W.S.A., § 165.87, a jail assessment if required by W.S.A., § 302.46, plus any applicable fees prescribed in W.S.A., ch. 814, not to exceed the amount of the deposit that the court may accept as provided in W.S.A., § 345.37.
b. 
If the person fails to make a deposit for a violation of a traffic regulation or appear in court at the time fixed in the citation, the court may enter a default judgment finding the person guilty of the offense or issue a warrant for his arrest.
(2) 
The amount of the deposit shall be determined in accordance with the deposit schedule established by the state judicial conference and shall include the penalty assessment established under W.S.A., § 165.87, a jail assessment if required by W.S.A., § 302.46, and costs. If a deposit schedule has not been established, the arresting officer shall require the alleged offender to deposit the forfeiture established by the Chief of Police, which shall include the penalty assessment established under W.S.A., § 165.87. Deposits for nonmoving violations shall not include the penalty assessment.
(3) 
The arresting officer or the person receiving the deposit shall issue the arrested person a receipt therefor.
(c) 
Petition to reopen judgment. Whenever a person has been convicted in this state on the basis of a forfeiture of deposit or a plea of guilty or no contest and the person was not informed as required under W.S.A., § 345.27(1) and (2), the person may, within 60 days after being notified of the revocation or suspension of the operating privilege, petition the court to reopen the judgment and grant him an opportunity to defend on merits. If the court finds that the petitioner was not informed as required under W.S.A., § 345.27(1) and (2), the court shall order the judgment reopened. The court order reopening the judgment automatically reinstates the revoked or suspended operating privilege.
[Code 1992, § 7.30]
(a) 
As required by specific state laws. The penalty for violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a forfeiture and penalty assessment if required by W.S.A., § 165.87, a jail assessment if required by W.S.A., § 302.46, plus any applicable fees prescribed in W.S.A., ch. 814.
(b) 
State forfeiture statutes. Any forfeiture for violation of Section 74-1 shall conform to the forfeiture permitted to be imposed for violation of the statutes adopted by reference, including any variations or increases for subsequent offenses.
(c) 
Local regulations. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the penalty for a violation of this chapter shall be as provided in Section 1-12.
All traffic control signs, signals, devices and markings in place on the date of adoption of this Code are expressly ratified and confirmed.
[Code 1992, § 7.18]
(a) 
Street Superintendent to erect. The Street Superintendent shall procure, erect and maintain appropriate standard traffic signs, signals and markings conforming to the Uniform Traffic Control Devices Manual giving such notice of the provisions of this chapter as required by state law. Signs shall be erected in such locations and manner as the Street Superintendent shall determine will best effect the purposes of this chapter and give adequate warning to users of the street or highway.
(b) 
Removal of unofficial signs and signals. The Street Superintendent shall have the authority granted by W.S.A., § 349.09, and is directed to order the removal of a sign, signal, marking or device placed, maintained or displayed in violation of this chapter or W.S.A., § 346.41. Any charge imposed on a premises for removal of an illegal sign, signal or device shall be reported to the Council at its next regular meeting for review and certification.
[Code 1992, § 7.03; Ord. No. 05-16, § 1, 7-11-2005; amended 7-13-2009 by Ord. No. 09-15]
(a) 
Parking. All parking on grounds of the Lake Geneva School District during school hours shall be by permit only and shall be restricted to areas designated for parking by the District boards. No person shall park a motor vehicle in a posted area other than the one for which he has been issued a permit. Each vehicle must display a valid current permit for the area to which it is assigned. All visitors shall park only in areas posted for visitor parking.
(b) 
Speed limits. No person shall, at any time, operate a motor vehicle upon the Lake Geneva School District’s grounds at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.
(c) 
Vehicles prohibited at specific times. No person shall, at any time, operate a motor vehicle, other than a school bus, in or upon any drive designated for buses only by sign, on any Lake Geneva School District grounds, during weekdays of months schools are in session. Exception to this will be school-owned vehicles, emergency vehicles and short-term delivery vehicles; i.e., Post Office, UPS, etc.
(d) 
No vehicles will park at any yellow curb or posted no-parking area within the Lake Geneva School District. No vehicles may park in any lawn or grasses unless directed to by District officials.
(e) 
No vehicle may park overnight on any Lake Geneva School District grounds without the permission of the District or its representatives.
(f) 
"Lake Geneva School District" is defined as the properties at: Lake Geneva Schools Administration Offices at 208 E. South Street, Badger High School at 220 E. South Street, Lake Geneva Middle School at 600 Bloomfield Road, Central/Denison Elementary School at 900 Wisconsin Street and Eastview Elementary School at 535 Sage Street.
[Code 1992, § 12.17]
(a) 
An application for a permit to the City Clerk shall be made for authority to hold any parade or public procession, except funerals, at least 30 days prior to the date the event is to take place upon a form prepared by the Clerk.
(b) 
The Police Chief shall have the duty and power to designate hours, routes and number of vehicles, persons or other accouterments of such parade or procession.
[Code 1992, § 7.19]
(a) 
Whenever any street, highway or alley is impassable or unsafe for travel during the construction or repair of any such street, highway or alley, and until it is ready for traffic, the authorities in charge of the maintenance or construction thereof shall apply to the Street Superintendent for permission to close the same by maintaining barriers at each end of the closed portion. The barriers shall be of such material and construction and so placed as to indicate that the thoroughfare is closed and shall be lighted at night.
(b) 
No unauthorized person shall remove, take down, alter the position of, destroy, pass over or beyond any barrier so erected or travel with any vehicle upon any portion of a thoroughfare closed by barriers, as provided in this section, or travel in any manner upon the materials placed thereon as part of the repair or construction work or shall deface any materials so placed. In addition to the penalty provided by this chapter, any violator of this section shall be liable for all damages done to the highway, street or other thoroughfare or material thereon.
[Code 1992, § 7.25]
The operator of a school bus equipped with flashing red lights as specified in W.S.A., § 347.25(2), as amended from time to time, shall actuate such lights in residential and business districts of the City when pupils or other authorized passengers are to be loaded or unloaded at a location at which there are no traffic signals and such persons must cross the street or highway before being loaded or after being unloaded. Such lights shall be actuated at least 100 feet before stopping to load or unload such pupils or other authorized passengers and shall not be extinguished until loading or unloading is completed and persons who must cross the highway are safely across.
[Code 1992, § 7.10(13); 9-25-2023 by Ord. No. 23-09]
(a) 
Declaration. The Mayor or in his absence the President of the City Council shall have the authority to declare a snow emergency whenever conditions arise which in his judgment necessitate such declaration, subject to the Council action as provided by statute.
(b) 
Authorized actions by Police and Fire Chiefs. Upon the declaration of a snow emergency, the Chief of Police and the Chief of the Fire Department are authorized to hire tow trucks; require snowplow accompaniment of rescue squads and ambulances, both inside and outside the corporate limits of the City; establish a public information telephone reception center; advise radio stations WTMJ, WMIR and WLKG of declaration of the snow emergency; and to take any other action either or both may deem necessary under the circumstances.
(c) 
Plowing priority system. There is established a snow emergency plowing priority system. A map of the streets of the City which designates the primary routes in yellow, the secondary routes in blue and the emergency facilities in red shall be maintained in the office of the City Clerk, the Police Department, Fire Department and the Street Department. The Street Department shall first clear and keep clean all primary routes and entrances and exits to the emergency facilities. Then all secondary routes shall be cleared and maintained.
(d) 
Parking; penalty for prohibited parking. During a snow emergency, there shall be no parking on all City streets until such snow emergency is officially canceled. Any vehicles parked on such routes shall be towed away at the owner's expense, as provided in Section 74-37.
(e) 
Termination. The snow emergency may be terminated by the Mayor or the City Council. The snow emergency shall be limited to the time during which such snow emergency conditions exist.
(f) 
Section not to limit authority of City officers. This section shall not in any way limit or prohibit any authority conferred upon the Mayor, City Council, Chief of Police or Chief of the Fire Department by prior ordinance or statute.